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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui López, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback"-- Provided by publisher |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Athletics, My Father and Me-A Love Triangle; 2. The Growing Dream; 3. Capitol Gym; 4. The Golden Gloves; 5. Training at the PAL-Spring 1979; 6. Becoming a Good Student; 7. Discovered by Bobo Olson; 8. Boxing Is Economics Theory Expressed in the Flesh; 9. Throwing a Punch and Hitting a Ball; 10. George Benton's Shoulder Shell; 11. Meeting Yaqui López; 12. Yaqui López, Ernest Hemingway and José Ortega y Gasset; 13. Boxing as a Martial Art; 14. Last Sparring Before First Professional Fight; 15. Locker Room Preparation for First Professional Fight |
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16. An Undefeated Contender17. Back in the Gym; 18. Losing My Second Fight; 19. A Broken Nose and a Breaking Dream; 20. Training with Yaqui at Lake Tahoe; 21. Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito and Vinnie Curto; 22. Jessie Burnett's Version of the Shoulder Shell; 23. Learning Why I Was Not a World-Ranked Contender; 24. Training at Tahoe Again; 25. Another Loss; 26. Leaving Boxing; 27. A Lost Soul Tries to Find Where He Failed; 28. Boxing, Zen in the Art of Archery and an Introduction to Literature; 29. Don Conley and the Washington Neighborhood Center; 30. Marriage and Healing Some of My Gaps |
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31. Becoming a "Smart Slugger"32. Requiem for a Light-Heavyweight: The End of a Dream; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sharp, Glen, 1958-
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Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
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Boxers (Sports) |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports. |
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sharp, Glen, 1958- Punching from the shadows 9781476672694 (DLC) 2018032816 (OCoLC)1044775535 |
| ISBN |
9781476631332 (electronic book) |
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1476631336 (electronic book) |
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9781476672694 |
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1476672695 |
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